NC GOP has now achieved transparency of purpose

2:30 PM,
Jun. 14, 2013

Written by

Bill Lusto, Waynesville

News flash: It was a bit of a campaign promise and hardly to be credited, but the N.C. GOP has achieved transparency of purpose. With the legislature's latest proposals, the GOP continues to show what's in store for us. For them, it reflects the bidding of their financial backers, as they emulate the myopic antics of their brethren in Washington. With "cutting spending" as their mantra, they have attacked education, environment, state parks, unemployment benefits, health care, taxes and prisons. Selective cutting of bloated budgets is one thing, but cutting funding that feeds hungry, ...